Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich 
exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu

Nguyen, A. N.; Mane, P.; Keller, L. P.; Piani, L.; Abe, Y.; Aléon, J.; Alexander, C. M. O.; Amari, S.; Amelin, Y.; Bajo, K.-I.; Bizzarro, M.; Bouvier, A.; Carlson, R. W.; Chaussidon, M.; Choi, B.-G.; Dauphas, N.; Davis, A. M.; Di Rocco, T.; Fujiya, W.; Fukai, R.; Gautam, I.; Haba, M. K.; Hibiya, Y.; Hidaka, H.; Homma, H.; Hoppe, Peter; Huss, G. R.; Ichida, K.; Iizuka, T.; Ireland, T. R.; Ishikawa, A.; Itoh, S.; Kawasaki, N.; Kita, N. T.; Kitajima, K.; Kleine, T.; Komatani, S.; Krot, A. N.; Liu, M.-C.; Masuda, Y.; McKeegan, K. D.; Morita, M.; Motomura, K.; Moynier, F.; Nakai, I.; Nagashima, K.; Nesvorný, D.; Nittler, L.; Onose, M.; Pack, A.; Park, C.; Qin, L.; Russell, S. S.; Sakamoto, N.; Schönbächler, M.; Tafla, L.; Tang, H.; Terada, K.; Terada, Y.; Usui, T.; Wada, S.; Wadhwa, M.; Walker, R. J.; Yamashita, K.; Yin, Q.-Z.; Yokoyama, T.; Yoneda, S.; Young, E. D.; Yui, H.; Zhang, A.-C.; Nakamura, T.; Naraoka, H.; Noguchi, T.; Okazaki, R.; Sakamoto, K.; Yabuta, H.; Abe, M.; Miyazaki, A.; Nakato, A.; Nishimura, M.; Okada, T.; Yada, T.; Yogata, K.; Nakazawa, S.; Saiki, T.; Tanaka, S.; Terui, F.; Tsuda, Y.; Watanabe, S.-I.; Yoshikawa, M.; Tachibana, S.; Yurimoto, H.

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Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu

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Kleine, T.
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Nguyen, A. N., Mane, P., Keller, L. P., Piani, L., Abe, Y., Aléon, J., et al. (2023). Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances, 9, eadh1003. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh1003.

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Preliminary analyses of asteroid Ryugu samples show kinship to aqueously altered CI (Ivuna-type) chondrites, suggesting similar origins. We report identification of C-rich, particularly primitive clasts in Ryugu samples that contain preserved presolar silicate grains and exceptional abundances of presolar SiC and isotopically anomalous organic matter. The high presolar silicate abundance (104 ppm) indicates that the clast escaped extensive alteration. The 5 to 10 times higher abundances of presolar SiC (~235 ppm), N-rich organic matter, organics with N isotopic anomalies (1.2%), and organics with C isotopic anomalies (0.2%) in the primitive clasts compared to bulk Ryugu suggest that the clasts formed in a unique part of the protoplanetary disk enriched in presolar materials. These clasts likely represent previously unsampled outer solar system material that accreted onto Ryugu after aqueous alteration ceased, consistent with Ryugu's rubble pile origin. Exogenic primitive clasts in Ryugu samples have remarkable abundances of presolar grains and isotopically anomalous organics.